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BJØRN HELLAND-HAXSEN AND FRIDTJOF NANSEN. 



M.-N. Kl. 



The variations in the anomalies of the temperature of the Current in 

 the northern region (of Sects. IV and VI) agree fairly well with the va- 

 riations in the winter-temperature of the whole of Norway, and still better 

 with those in the winter-temperature of the five northern stations. The 

 most striking exception is the temperature of the current of 1899, which 

 is comparatively too low. The agreement may seem surprising, consider- 

 ing the ver}' imperfect observation-material on which our calculation of the 

 anomalies of the current is based. 



The variations in tne anomalies of the temperature of the current in 

 the southern region of Sects. I and II do not agree so well with the va- 

 riations in the winter-temperature a 3^ear and a half before. Considering, 

 however, that the waters in this region have spent less time on their way 

 from the south — perhaps five months less, but not so much less that 

 their temperatures may be comparable with the winter-temperature of Nor- 

 way in the preceding winter of the same year, /. e. one year later than 

 the others — it might seem reasonable to compare them with the means 

 of the air-temperature of the two preceding winters. This is done in the 

 following table: 



